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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Help us celebrate the spookiest time of year with a not-so-spooky event perfect for all ages from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 22 at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center!

Show up wearing your costume and take a stroll down our short Insect Extravaganza Trek N’ Treat trail where you’ll meet our creature-characters who will teach you all about Missouri’s most helpful – but often most misunderstood – creepy crawlies.

“You’ll learn a little about each character, and the nature center will be alive with games, activities, a squirmy-wormy zoo, and crafts,” said Cape Nature Center Manager Laci Prucinsky.

And don’t forget to bring your treat bucket!

The Trek N’ Treat trail is stroller but not wheelchair accessible. In case of adverse weather, the event will take place inside. Registration is not required.

If you are participating in Cape Nature Center’s “A Year in Color,” this program earns a wild bead.